NEWSPAPER: January 1925 Local Events, Blakesburg Excelsior, Wapello County, Iowa Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Martha Richards Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Wapello County, Iowa Please visit the Wapello County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/wapello/ ________________________________________________________ Extractions from the Blakesburg Excelsior Wapello County, IA Jan 1925 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Martha Richards Microfilm from State Historical Society of Iowa Blakesburg (Wapello co, IA) Excelsior Newspaper, Jan 1, 1925 (missing issues Aug 6, 13;) Oct 8, 1925-Dec 25, 1930 Microfilm from State Historical Society of Iowa ===================================================================================== Thursday, Jan 2, 1925 "BILLY" BALDWELL, PROMINEN (sic) CITIZEN DIES TUESDAY NOON This community was horribly shocked last Tuesday when the news spread that W. T. BALDWELL, prominent farmer and citizen, had died suddenly while en route to his home north of this city. Mr. Baldwell had come to town after a load of coal and he was driving along the road near the J. B. KINION residence when a car approached and Mr. BALDWELL turned to the side of the road and before the car had passed him, he pulled back on the lines and pitched forward to the ground. The car was driven by Henry JONES and Mr. and Mrs. A. G. ANDERSON were with him and they stopped and by the time they got to where he had fallen, he gasped once. They carried him to the KINION home but his life had ebbed out. His death was due to heart failure. Mr. BALDWELL was 73 years old and was a highly respected citizen and he leaves a heart broken wife to mourn his sudden death. The coroner was notified and came out, but found it unnecessary to hold an inquest. Funeral service will be held at Christianburg at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. LOCAL SHOTS --Glen WOOD of Unionville has been visiting Boyd CHILDS --Mrs. Ella WALDEN of Council Bluffs came Monday for a visit with relations at this place. --Miss Perle PETERSON, who is attending college at Iowa City, spent the holdiays with home folks. --Miss Lola SAUM returned to her school at Liscomb, Iowa, after spending her vacation at home. --Mrs. Wm. WILSON Jr., came up from Ottumwa Friday and spent several days at the home of Mrs. Sallie WILSON. --Mrs. Clara COHAGAN and children departed the last of the week for their home at Winnipeg, Manitoba, after a two weeks' stay with relatives here. --Glen HEADY and family of Libertyville spent Christmas at the Roy CHRISTY home. --Mrs. Mabel PECK departed for Phoenix, Arizona, Friday, where she will spend the winter with her son, Verne PECK and wife. --Mrs. G. F. HALL, son Frances and daughter Freda of Knoxville visited from Sunday until Wednesday with Blakesburg friends. --Mrs. Martha J. DERBY spent Christmas with the family of her son, W. A. DERBY in Moline, Ill. and also expected to visit Davenport before returning home. --George READING and family of Davenport spent the holidays here. --Wm. WECSHUNG of Muscatine came Monday for a visit at the Sam UNDERWOOD home. --Mrs. Rosa GREGORY and children spent Christmas with relatives at Richland, returning home Sunday. --Lloyd ROSS and wife of Burlington spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vard ROSS. --Mrs. A. A. DONAHOO received quite a number of Christmas presents, among which was a ten dollar bill, presented to her by Carl GAMBLE of Moline, Ill., in memory of his wife, who was formerly Miss Clara ABERNATHY, and whose request it was that Mrs. DONAHOO should be remembered on Christmas day. --Gerald HUNTER and Glen SELMAN returned home from Colorado Christmas day, where they have been since June 22, last year. They left Ft. Morgan on Saturday before Christmas in a Ford car but became snow bound in Nebraska and sold the car and came home on the train. The boys have been engaged in picking apples, working in the harvest fields and finally wound up by working in a sugar beet factory at Ft. Morgan, Colorado. MUNTERVILLE --Vanner HORNSTEIN returned to Des Moines Tuesday after spending a few days at home. --Pearl GUSTASON returned to Des Moines Sunday after spending a few days with home folks. CHRISTIANBURG --Max FISK of Ottumwa is visiting at the home of his grandmother Mrs. Doll FISK's GRAND VIEW --Gus DuBOIS and family also Leonard SCHAKEL and family spent Christmas at the parental Martin SCHAKEL home. --Gale GILLEN and family Sundayed at the parental Joe ANGEL home. Thursday Jan 8, 1925 LOCAL SHOTS --James JONES spent Sunday with his brother, Gene and family south of town. --Mrs Walter ABEGG went to Chicago Saturday to visit with the family of her son, Eugene. --Alex TUBAUGH and wife spent Saturday and Sunday at the Dan POLLARD place in Moravia. --Roy FISHER and Wm. KURTZ of Des Moines were here to attend the funeral of Matthew FEIHLE. --George NOLAND went to Unionville Saturday to attend the funeral of his uncle Mr. MORRISON.] --Mrs. Ben STOCKER of Otumwa spent a couple of days the last of the week with her mother, Mrs. Ida PICKERELL --Freeman WIEDMAN and wife and Mrs. Martha TOWNSAND of Moravia attended the funeral of Wm. BALDWELL last Thursday. --Mrs. O. E. SISK was in Ottumwa Saturday to be with her mother, Mrs. SABLE, who underwent a surgical operation at the hospital. --Mrs. FRITZ was an over Sunday visitor with the Roy PEARSON family of Muscatine, making the acquaintance of her new grandson. --The closing out sale of the Frank WIAND estate proved to be a good one. The property brought good prices and a large crowd was in attendance. (Jan 2nd: Frank WIAND and wife returned to LaGrange, Wyoming, Sunday) --Miss Lily STUBER of Ottumwa was a pleasant caller at the "news factory" last Friday. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank STUBER, formerly residents of Polk Twp. --John H. THARPE, a former Blakesburg citizen, died at his home on Frank St. in Ottumwa. He is survived by his wife and nine children. Mr. T. was well and favorably known to many Excelsior readers, having spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, better known as the Bradley ranch. --Mrs. Julia Johnston returned home last week from a visit of several weeks with the family of her son at Kansas City. --Mr. and Mrs. Roy RENFREW are the proud parents of a baby girl born December 3oth. CROSS ROADS --Mrs. Rhoda FLETCHER and daughter Opal of Oklahoma are visiting A. J. BLACKS. --The funeral of Matthew FEIHLE was held at Hopewell Friday. --Mr. Will DeMAR of Minneapolis spent Xmas (sic) with his sister, Mrs. Joda HUFF. NORTH OF TOWN --Curtis WYBERG left Sunday evening for Kansas City to visit his parents this week. ENON --Mrs. Geo. CLOYED spent Monday with her mother in Albia. --Eph WILSON and wife spent Wednesday of last week with their daughter Mrs. Carl CLOYED. GRAND VIEW --Arthur GROOMS and sons Earl and Carl were Sunday visitors at Earnest EAKONS in Eldon. CHRISTIANBURG --Lee HARNESS and family of Ottumwa spent Sunday at the parental Louis GRIGGS home. --Wm. BALDWELL of near Blakesburg was laid to rest in the Chisman cemetery New Years Day. --Derald SMITH of Ottumwa was a Sunday visitor at his grandmother's Mrs. Ann CANFIELD. --Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence RICE of Omaha spent a few days last week at the home of her sister Mrs. Ralph BAKER. FAIRVIEW --Forest HAVISON, mail carrier on Unionville Route 2, who has been in poor health for some time, departed Friday for Oregon, where he will receive medical treatment. PLEASANT HOME --Mr. Amos PROCTOR of Ottumwa took dinner with his son Joe PROCTOR Sunday. UNION CHAPEL --Mrs. AHEE visited her father, James Jones, Sunday. --A big boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe MARTIN Christmas Day. So pleased was Joe that he promptly named him Joe Jr. BROMPTON --There was a pretty wedding in our community lately when Leda JONES became the bride of Irvin SINCOX. They will be at home with the groom's parents for the present. --Stella and Sara ROBINSON spent Friday night in Albia at the home of their sister Mrs. Geo. McGILVERY. --A quiet wedding took place at the M. E. parsonage at Blakesburg, Saturday afternoon, December 27, 1924, when Rev. Chas. L. ELLIS joined in marriage Mr. Vernon CRUMP and MissIrene STEFFEN both of Davenport, Iowa. The young couple were accompanied by the groom's father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. CRUMP of Christianburg...(rest is cut off) Local Shots --A son was born to Chas. McALISTER and wife Monday evening. --An 8-pound daughter arrived to gladden the home of Dave CHIDESTER and wife Monday. --Mr. and Mrs. Orren CASSILL are the proud possessors of a fine new Crosley Radio set, a Christmas present from their sons Howard and Joe... Legal Notices: (Abstracts) Divorce: Fae O. DARRAH, Plaintiff, vs. Dale W. DARRAH, Defendant. Grounds cures and inhuman treatment, endangering the life of this plaintiff. also asking for costs. To be heard in March term of District Court of the State of Iowa at Ottumwa Court house.Dated 5 Jan, 1925. Administrator: L. L. SWENSON appointed administrator of estate of Henry WIAND, late of Wapello Co. Dated Dec 24, 1924 Final Settlement; Estate of Chas. B. YOUNG: To: Adeline YOUNG, Leona McCOMB, Leonard YOUNG, Jess YOUNG, Mary CVLOSSEN, Tessa McCOY, G. U. YOUNG, Lilian LIGHTFOOT, Zoe MELCHER. Final report to be heard 5th Jan 1925. G. U. YOUNG, administrator. Thurs, Jan 15, 1925 LOCAL SHOTS --Ab HUFF is quite sick at the home of his brother, Tom HUFF of Ash Grove --Oscar BENSON and wife spent Sunday at the parental GILLAND home southwest of town. --Fred HUBER is sick with the Scarlet fever at the Sim STOCKER home south of town. --Mrs. Fred TALLEUR and son returned to St. Louis Wednesday of last week after a few weeks stay at the parental FEIHLE home south of town --Our good friend Paul BROSHER died at the Ottumwa hospital on Saturday, January 3rd. Mr. BROSHER was engaged in the mercantile business in Moravia and was a very influential citizen. --Ed F. OEHLER, a prominent citizen and stock feeder and shipper, died at his home in Moravia Wednesday of last week. Mr. OEHLER had many warm friends in Blakesburg and the announcement of his death was a shock to them. --Mrs. A. G. ANDERSON celebrated her 63rd birthday Saturday...Mrs. ANDERSON was born in Polk township and has lived there all her life.... --A. DAVIN, of Vinton, Iowa, visited his daughter, Mrs. Frank JOHNSTON the last of the week. ENON --Mrs. Geo CLOYED spent the week with her daughter, Mabel HAWK. NORTH OF TOWN --Lewis CARLSON, of Wyoming, visited a few days this week at the Arthur CARLSON home. --Miss Anna MUNSON is visiting this week at the L. L. SWENSON home. --Allie ANDERSON and wife of Chillicothe visited Sunday at the parental KIMBLADE home. GRAND VIEW --Ancil CHIDESTER, wife and daughters Doris, Darlene and Betty were Sunday guests at the Marshall CHIDESTER home. --Laurence WARNER spent the week end in Des Moines visiting his brother Clarence WARNER. --Mrs. Rose CHIDESTER and dauther Betty visited lately at Gale GILLEN's --Mrs. Nettie GROOMS visited lately at the parental Wm. JOHNSTON home. --A ten pound daughter was born to Ellis JOHNS and wife Tuesday morning. -- BROMPTON --Gus HIATT and wife spent Sunday at the parental ROBINSON home. --John STOCKER attended the funeral of Hiram STOCKER Sunday afternoon. --Storks left a fine baby boy at the Verlin McALLISTER and at the Charley McALLISTER homes last week. --Mrs. Ellis ROBINSON of Ottumwa spent Sunday with her sister Mrs. Verlin McALLISTER. --Sylvia STOCKER spent Sunday with her brother John and family. --Mrs. Millie FRITZ returned home Sunday from a visit with her daughter Mrs. Roy PEARSON of Muscatine. --A very pretty double wedding was solemnized at the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry HELMICK when their daughter Ruth Mae was united in marriage to Mr. Earl SCHUMAKER, and their daughter Edna Isal (?) was united in marriage to Mr. Oscar LEONARD at high noon on Christmas day in the presence of about eighty relatives and friends, by Rev. I. G. GLICK, pastor Drakesville M. E. church. After congratulations they were ushered into the dining room where a bountiful turkey dinner was served. These young people are highly esteemed and respected in the community in which they live. They received numerous presents.--Bloomfield Democrat. Blakesburg Excelsior, Thursday January 22, 1925 LOCAL SHOTS --The H. L. NEDDERMAN sale was a good one and things sold well. Mr. NEDDERMAN will reside near Lovilia. --O. E. THODE and H. J. JOHNSON and wife went to West Bend Wisc. Monday night to be present at the funeral of their brotherinlaw (sic) Arthur FRANKENBURG. --What promises to be a big law suit and one that many Blakesburg people will watch with much interest will come up for hearing at Newell, South Dakota this spring. Tom WALL has brought suit against a physician of that city for malpractice on his wife, who died about a year ago. Mrs. WALL will be remembered here as Miss Irma DAY who was born and grew to womanhood in this community...(paper is torn, rest is missing) RAVELINGS --John BELLES and Versal STOCKER went to Jackson, Mo. Monday, where they have employment. --Tillet (sic) BLANCHARD and wife, residing north of Blakesburg, are the parents of a fine girl baby born last Friday morning. --Alva SCHAEFER and wife of Wichita, Kansas, were the gurest of Blakesburg relatives Saturday evening and Sunday. They went from here to Ottumwa where they visited at the E. G. SCHAEFER home. NORTH OF TOWN --Mrs. O. D. STEVENS of Dudley is visiting at the parental J. W. JOHNSON home. --Mrs. A. C. CARLSON spent Monday with her sister Mrs. A. L. JOHNSON in Ottumwa. CHRISTIANBURG --Born January 16th to Tilden (sic) BLANCHARD and wife an eight pound daughter. BROMPTON --Herbert WARREN and wife* spent Sunday at the parental VANCLEAVE home.(*Blanche Vancleave, dau of Newton Brown Vancleave and Hannah Ruth Rader mr) --Mrs. Ellis ROBINSON of Ottumwa visited recently with her sister Mrs. Verlin McALLISTER --Mrs. Clara NEFF and son departs this week for Battle Creek, Mich. to join her husband who has employment there. FAIRVIEW --Mrs. Wm. THARP* of near Drakesville spent a few days last week with her mother, Mrs. H. STOCKER. (*Rebecca Jane Stocker, daughter of Hiram Stocker and Drusilla Scott m.r..) --Mrs. Oscar BENSON spent Thrusday and Friday at the parental GILLAND home. TWP CORNERS --T. J. HAMILTON and family visited Sunday at the parental Roberts home. --Cyril GOODE and wife are the parents of a baby girl, born Sunday. ENON --Mrs. Dick FABER* and baby are visiting at the parental McALISTER home. (* Inez McAllister Faber author of Out Here on Soap Creek, Iowa State University Press, 1982) GRAND VIEW --Gus DUBOIS and family were Sunday visitors at the parental Martin SCHAKEL home --Dave WEST and family Sundayed at the parental Wm. JoHNSTON home. EAST OF TOWN --Mrs. Elizabeth ROBERTS, of California, was called here by the illness of her mother Mrs. SETH. Blakesburg Excelsior, Thursday, Jan 29, 1925 RAVELINGS --A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore KIRFMAN one day last week. (elsewhere in this issue: Born to Theodore KIRFMAN and wife a son, January 22nd.) --Miss Florence JACOBSON, who has a splendid position as stenographer with a publishing firm in Des Moines, spent Sunday with home folks. --Chester MARTIN of LaJunta, Colo., made a flying visit to Blakesburg last Friday and spent overnite at the parental Harry MARTIN home. On Saturday he went to visit his brother, Glen --A telegram was received by Mrs. Virginia THAYER of this city Saturday morning announcing the death of her son, Frank VIRDEN, at Long Beach, California. Frank was born and grew to manhood in Blakesburg. He has made his home in California for a numberof years. There were no details regarding the cause of his death. --A wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer GRAY near Albia at high noon on Wednesday, January 21, when their daughter, Miss Viola was united in wedlock to Victor GOODE, R. F. ALLEN officiating. The bride is an accomplished and refined young woman and the groom is one of our prominent young farmers and a splendid citizen in every way. They start their wedded life with the best wishes of a host of friends.... --In a letter received from Mrs. W. S. CASH, who resides at Monroe, Iowa, she informs us that her youngest son, Ralph, who will be remembered by many Blakesburg folk, was married Christmas day to a young lady in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and that they are permanently located in Kansas City, Kansas. The CASH family resided in this city for several years and were highly respected people. Mr. W.S. CASH was elected cashier of the Peoples Savings Bank when it was organized who afterwards resigned and moved to Eldon where he engaged in the hardware business. He sold out his interests there and moved to Monroe, Iowa, where he passed away after a lingering illness several years ago. ASH GROVE --D. C. HUFF and Harley BROUHARD and wife of Akron, Colo., spent last week with relatives here having been called here by the death of their brother. --Roy DYE of Chicago is visiting home folks. --Mrs. Ernest DYE returned to her home in Chicago Saturday. PLEASANT HOME --Miss Gertie PETERSON is visiting her brother in Davenport --Mrs. Wm. SUTTLE is spending a few days visiting with her mother Mrs. AMSBAUGH of Agency. --Rev. and Mrs. A. S. LEACH are entertaining Mr. Leach's sister and family of Wisconsin who made the trip overland arriving Friday. URBANA --Arthur GOODE and wife visited Sunday at the parental Ed PROSE home.